Staunton Train Bridge

A pedestrian bridge that connects Staunton’s downtown to Sears Hill and Woodrow Wilson Park has been moved by the city as part of an effort to restore or repair this important piece of urban fabric. (more info and images of the bridge being moved can be found here.) These photographs (among others) serve to document the bridge and its access stair as they were prior to the bridge being moved. They will prove invaluable should the site be affected while the city raises money to replace the bridge.

A selection of photos of the stair

Below is a partial point cloud scan of the access stair. This particular view is looking down onto the bridge without any perspective distortion – in other words a plan view that can serve as the basis for measured drawings!

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Aaslestad Preservation Consulting, LLC provides architects, preservationists, and building owners with high quality documentation that describes the existing conditions of built structures - in photographs and/or in CAD format, as measured drawings, high density point clouds, accurate 3-D models...

Peter Aaslestad is recognized in the U.S. as a pioneer in using photogrammetry to record historic structures as a consulting service to other architects, preservationists and property owners.

Drawing on his background in architecture & photography, Peter has documented the existing conditions of wide variety of structures - including ruins, the homes of presidents, entire neighborhoods, national landmarks and more in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

His consulting service offerings for preservation & design work include 3D scanning, creation of high density point clouds & 3D models, orthophotography, rectified photography, hybrid drawings, mosaic imaging, and accurate measured drawings in CAD format. These can include elevations, plans, sections, reflected ceiling plans that capture an describe a building's envelope and/or its interior spaces and surfaces.

Mr. Aaslestad has been a guest lecturer for the APT (Association for Preservation Technology), Columbia University, and the Universities of Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. In 2001, Mr. Aaslestad became an active member of the investigative team working to restore James Madison’s Montpelier. The groundbreaking work produced by this team was recognized in 2003 with the prestigious Paul E. Buchanan Award, presented by the Vernacular Architecture Forum.

Peter also contracts creative work as a designer & as a free lance photographer with works appearing in a variety of publications over his 25 year career.